#BB5E5F#BB5E5F

#BB5E5F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.120 H 20.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5E5F
RGB	rgb(187, 94, 95)
HSL	hsl(359, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(359, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 49.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.15, 37.46, 16.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.15, 41.08, 24.24°)
OKLab	oklab(59.33% 0.1124 0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(59.33% 0.12 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5636, 19.3992, 13.1698)
Luminance	0.1940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5E5F #5EBBBA

analogous

#BB5E8D #BB5E5F #BB8C5E

triadic

#BB5E5F #5FBB5E #5E5FBB

tetradic

#BB5E5F #8DBB5E #5EBBBA #8C5EBB

square

#BB5E5F #8DBB5E #5EBBBA #8C5EBB

split-complementary

#BB5E5F #5EBB8C #5E8DBB

monochromatic

#702F30 #9B4142 #BB5E5F #CD898A #DFB4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#BB5E5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#BB5E5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5E5F

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5E5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5E5F	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736E5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A815D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB515F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5e5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 94, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.120 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38e8c',
    500: '#bb5e5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5e5f;
$custom-light: #d38e8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5e5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.355,
    "s": 40.611,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59325,
    "c": 0.12011,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5E5F

secondary

#A7CECD

accent

#D0CF57

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0C

muted

#837D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5E5F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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